<p>i hope not...
i hate the stereotypes put against asians (over achever, blah blah blah)</p>
<p>so much pressure put on me :(</p>
<p>There are about 700 threads on this topic right now about of the Asian student who sued because of this...let's not have another.</p>
<p>There are a lot of Asians at Cornell, don't worry too much. Focus on things you can control</p>
<p>ho really?
show me!</p>
<p>About 17% of the student body is Asian. That's roughly 3X the proportion of Asians in the general population.</p>
<p>roghly 3x? try more like 8x</p>
<p>being asian is con everywhere. face it it sucks for those kids</p>
<p>Asians make up approx. 5% of the US population.</p>
<p>the short answer is yes.</p>
<p>According to wikipedia, Asian-Americans make up 4.2% of the population.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_american%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_american</a></p>
<p>Which in summary means yes. You are being disadvantaged based on something you had no control of, which is racism in yet another discrete form in racist America (although you should appreciate how hard they try to hide it).</p>
<p>It depends on the type of Asian...if you're say...Middle Eastern, it could help</p>
<p>I'm Chinese.</p>
<p><em>sigh</em> I hate the standards the rest of you smart guys set up for me to meet. I guess I'll just aim low.</p>
<p>yeah..being Chinese doesn't help. I am too. lol...just gotta work harder..Darn our race for being so smart. haha. I guess we can't be always drinking that hater-gator. At least we get positive stereotypes...though it's still unfair. BUT the world is unfair.</p>
<p>With all the news recently about the relaunch of Cornell's capital campaign, this interesting tidbit came up: Asian alumni (and minority alumni overall for that matter) are the stingiest alumni, accounting for a single digit percentage of all the money donated to Cornell capital campaigns and other fundraising programs. Although the official Cornell statement on the low rate of minority alumni givers is a bag of liberal horses**t (someting to the tune of: "it's Cornell's fault...we haven't done enough to bring them into the fold"), the truth is Asians and other minorities are notoriously cheap when it comes to giving, as opposed to getting. Clearly, there is no motivation to admit minorities in higher proportions.</p>
<p>I believe you have miscontrued data to your own views. The low donation rate may also mean that asians feel like they are being outcasted or short changed by the system. I would not give a donation to an organization that I felt put me at a disadvantage or placed me into a different category in which it appears they do not want me to be there. It makes sense: you give respect, you receive respect. I personally am offended by how people pretty much ignore the ridiculousness of affirmative action working against asians. Take for example the higher difficulty for Asian-American students to get admitted to college. They make up 4% of the population yet they are at a DISadvantage when it comes to admissions. Why is this? Are people ignorant about the Chinese immigrants who were pretty much treated like slaves in early American history? Are people ignorant about the Japanese internment camps? Are people ignorant that asians also had to work to get to where they are? Are people ignorant that asians need to work harder because of this? Does the history of a people have anything to do with academic performance or personal worth? I don't think so. I think it's plain latent racism.</p>
<p>Oh, and also: using donation rates as a justification of affirmative action is weak at best. Money isn't everything. Sorry.</p>
<p>Nice arguments theslowclap =)</p>
<p>Very harsh but true... Welcome to the world</p>
<p>You think Asians got it bad? Guess what Jews had to go through to get into an ivy or ivy league type of college.</p>
<p>Very true. That's how legacies started. This further supports my point that basically when it comes to education this country is still lagging behind with ridiculously ugly vestiges from the 18th century.</p>
<p>And also, I don't like the passive argument "welcome to the real world." We know this is the real world (we are assuming that we are all sane here on this board). Reality has nothing to do with a desire for a change toward justice and equality.</p>
<p>hmm there really is no need to fight over this
i just wanted to know is all
and now i have my answer
but, im also a canadian citizen and i have lived in britain</p>
<p>so i duno, maybe that'll work to my advantage</p>
<p>I wonder if NY will ever get rid of AA like Michigan did this past week.</p>